Nintendo’s subsequent console will reportedly be moveable just like the Change and is focusing on a launch within the second half of 2024, based on a brand new report at this time from VideoGamesChronicle.
VGC cites “a number of folks with data of Nintendo’s next-gen console plans” that reveal Nintendo’s Change successor is aiming for a launch within the second half of subsequent yr, to make sure there’s loads of inventory at launch. Nintendo desires to keep away from the inventory shortages that plagued the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S launch for months (and years for some).
The publication studies that two of its sources recommend the next-generation console will use LCD screens, like these seen on the launch variations of the Change, fairly than the OLED screens used within the Change OLED fashions. The usage of LCD reduces prices, VGC writes, in gentle of the probably want for considerably extra storage than what’s within the Change, which is able to improve prices.
VGC’s sources additionally recommend Nintendo’s subsequent console will probably be playable on the go, just like the Change’s console-handheld hybrid nature. Its sources additionally say the console will proceed utilizing bodily cartridges just like the Change, though it’s unclear if this console will probably be backwards suitable with the Change.
In February of final yr, Nintendo stated the Change was in the course of its lifecycle, that means that whereas a brand new Nintendo console would possibly launch subsequent yr, the corporate may not essentially abandon the Change any time quickly. Nonetheless, if Nintendo continues help of the Change alongside a next-gen console, it’s unclear how that may work as, presumably, this new console will probably be bit extra highly effective than the Change.
No matter how Nintendo approaches Change help following the discharge of a brand new console and backwards compatibility, the Tremendous Mario Bros. maker probably desires to transform the Change’s huge set up base into its following product.
[Source: VideoGamesChronicle]
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